{"id":2053794,"date":"2026-07-21T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053794"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:27:50","slug":"once-you-see-it-you-cant-unsee-it-hilarity-ensues-as-new-dc-comics-fighting-game-is-named-dcko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053794","title":{"rendered":"Once you see it, you can&#8217;t unsee it: Hilarity ensues as new DC Comics fighting game is named DCKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dcko\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      DCKO<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Once you see it, you can&#8217;t unsee it: Hilarity ensues as new DC Comics fighting game is named DCKO<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Rising to the occasion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/dcko-constantine.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Constantine in the DCKO announcement trailer.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"dcko-constantine.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Drop Fake<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-21T12:27:50+00:00\">July 21, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"a72e2237-2d1f-41c1-bec9-27d59b647d3d\" data-name=\"DCKO\" data-follow-text=\"Follow DCKO\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following DCKO\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow DCKO\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following DCKO\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow DCKO\" title=\"Follow DCKO\"><br \/>\n  Follow DCKO<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A new fighting game has been announced! Making use of the rich DC universe, this upcoming release brings free-to-play 2v2 brawling to mobile. Its name? Um, DCKO.<\/p>\n<p>DCKO &#8211; or Dicko as it&#8217;s being lovingly called online &#8211; is made by indie developer Dropfake and is an officially licensed DC game. The game launches next year, though you can pre-register now to learn about betas whenever they arrive.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"DCKO - Official Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lt843Sgcv0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8lt843Sgcv0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">DCKO &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can see DCKO on YouTube here.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8lt843Sgcv0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement trailer shows a variety of different DC characters hitting each other, though we don&#8217;t have unedited gameplay footage to see how this fighting game will actually play. Its roster looks faithful to the source material, to me, and it has some cool looking comic book stylisation here and there. Aside from that, the game is largely a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To address the elephant in the room &#8211; the name DCKO &#8211; appears to be a copy of Riot Games&#8217; naming convention for its 2v2 tag fighter 2XKO. It&#8217;s also incredibly easy to call it something far ruder, as was proven immediately after its reveal on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They called it DICKO,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CONEY\/status\/2079320656890544578\">wrote influencer Coney on X<\/a>, to which the official DCKO account responded: &#8220;And we own that BIG DCKO ENERGY!&#8221; This, at the very least, shows an ability to play along with the fun, which must be commended. Others have pushed this gag further, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LotusAsakura\/status\/2079344699379236873\">Orange Sprite on X writing<\/a>: &#8220;&#8216;Yo I&#8217;m on that Dicko, you trynna hop on?&#8217; Even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/draggles\/status\/2079274604221354240\">2XKO&#8217;s editor in chief Ben Forbes<\/a> joined in on the fun, writing: &#8220;Im about to go DCKO mode&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flurryfrenzy\/status\/2079370350442246638\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bane in a non-NRS fighting game but it\u2019s a mobile game called Dicko <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0iCx6a5ET\">https:\/\/t.co\/z0iCx6a5ET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sSczvXP8A8\">pic.twitter.com\/sSczvXP8A8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dille (@flurryfrenzy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flurryfrenzy\/status\/2079370350442246638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for how people actually feel about the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGeekForFun\/status\/2079278068351258652\">there is some negativity<\/a> stemming from fighting game fans wanting a new DC fighter on PC and console. Some people <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rooflemonger\/status\/2079274037457412350\">were hopeful that the next DC fighting game they&#8217;d see would be Injustice 3<\/a> from NetherRealm, which set a bar that DCKO seems to have struggled to rise to.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there has also been a decent amount of excitement. Multi-time fighting game champion Sonicfox <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonicFox\/status\/2079308319764906386\">said that they felt it looked<\/a> &#8220;lowkey so fire&#8221;, while legacy fighting game personality <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWonggg\/status\/2079343746806903012\">Justin Wong said they&#8217;d<\/a> &#8220;definitely [be] playing this&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So perhaps there&#8217;s hope. It&#8217;s no secret that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/video-games-are-losing-the-attention-war-to-gambling-porn-and-crypto-according-to-industry-report\">mobile gaming sector is growing<\/a>, with data analytics company <a href=\"https:\/\/sensortower.com\/state-of-gaming-2025\">Sensor Tower&#8217;s 2025 mobile industry report<\/a> finding that revenue was up 4 percent, time spent is up 7.9 percent, and sessions are up 12 percent compared to 2024. DCKO may not be coming to consoles, but it could reach far wider than other fighting games, given the current cost of grabbing a PS5 or Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell. If you feel like giving DCKO a go, you can keep tabs on the game courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/playdcko.com\/\">its official website<\/a>. If DCKO&#8217;s not for you that&#8217;s fine too of course: all love to all people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A new fighting game has been announced! Making use of the rich DC universe, this upcoming release brings free-to-play 2v2 brawling to mobile. Its name? Um, DCKO.<\/p>\n<p>DCKO &#8211; or Dicko as it&#8217;s being lovingly called online &#8211; is made by indie developer Dropfake and is an officially licensed DC game. The game launches next year, though you can pre-register now to learn about betas whenever they arrive.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"DCKO - Official Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lt843Sgcv0?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8lt843Sgcv0\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">DCKO &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can see DCKO on YouTube here.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8lt843Sgcv0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement trailer shows a variety of different DC characters hitting each other, though we don&#8217;t have unedited gameplay footage to see how this fighting game will actually play. Its roster looks faithful to the source material, to me, and it has some cool looking comic book stylisation here and there. Aside from that, the game is largely a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To address the elephant in the room &#8211; the name DCKO &#8211; appears to be a copy of Riot Games&#8217; naming convention for its 2v2 tag fighter 2XKO. It&#8217;s also incredibly easy to call it something far ruder, as was proven immediately after its reveal on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They called it DICKO,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CONEY\/status\/2079320656890544578\">wrote influencer Coney on X<\/a>, to which the official DCKO account responded: &#8220;And we own that BIG DCKO ENERGY!&#8221; This, at the very least, shows an ability to play along with the fun, which must be commended. Others have pushed this gag further, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LotusAsakura\/status\/2079344699379236873\">Orange Sprite on X writing<\/a>: &#8220;&#8216;Yo I&#8217;m on that Dicko, you trynna hop on?&#8217; Even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/draggles\/status\/2079274604221354240\">2XKO&#8217;s editor in chief Ben Forbes<\/a> joined in on the fun, writing: &#8220;Im about to go DCKO mode&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flurryfrenzy\/status\/2079370350442246638\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bane in a non-NRS fighting game but it\u2019s a mobile game called Dicko <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0iCx6a5ET\">https:\/\/t.co\/z0iCx6a5ET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sSczvXP8A8\">pic.twitter.com\/sSczvXP8A8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dille (@flurryfrenzy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flurryfrenzy\/status\/2079370350442246638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for how people actually feel about the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheGeekForFun\/status\/2079278068351258652\">there is some negativity<\/a> stemming from fighting game fans wanting a new DC fighter on PC and console. Some people <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rooflemonger\/status\/2079274037457412350\">were hopeful that the next DC fighting game they&#8217;d see would be Injustice 3<\/a> from NetherRealm, which set a bar that DCKO seems to have struggled to rise to.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there has also been a decent amount of excitement. Multi-time fighting game champion Sonicfox <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonicFox\/status\/2079308319764906386\">said that they felt it looked<\/a> &#8220;lowkey so fire&#8221;, while legacy fighting game personality <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWonggg\/status\/2079343746806903012\">Justin Wong said they&#8217;d<\/a> &#8220;definitely [be] playing this&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So perhaps there&#8217;s hope. It&#8217;s no secret that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/video-games-are-losing-the-attention-war-to-gambling-porn-and-crypto-according-to-industry-report\">mobile gaming sector is growing<\/a>, with data analytics company <a href=\"https:\/\/sensortower.com\/state-of-gaming-2025\">Sensor Tower&#8217;s 2025 mobile industry report<\/a> finding that revenue was up 4 percent, time spent is up 7.9 percent, and sessions are up 12 percent compared to 2024. DCKO may not be coming to consoles, but it could reach far wider than other fighting games, given the current cost of grabbing a PS5 or Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell. If you feel like giving DCKO a go, you can keep tabs on the game courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/playdcko.com\/\">its official website<\/a>. 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